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[email protected] · December 3rd 08, 12:29 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Colin McKenzie) wrote:

wrote:
In article ,
(Colin McKenzie) wrote:
Difference between tonne and ton? RMLs were always labelled as
7t15cwt - so your figure is high unless the replacement engines
were half a ton heavier than the originals. RMs were 7t5cwt.

RMLs are definitely over 8 tonnes now. Now I think of it, it was
RMs that were 7 tons 15 cwt.

See http://www.routemaster.org.uk/faq_fandf.html, and other sources.

The only types over 8 tons when new were the RCL (with a bigger
engine) and FRM (with a rear engine). I think the FRM was lighter
than any other rear-engined double-decker used in London.

I'm not arguing about what RMLs weigh now - I haven't looked. But 8
tonnes is 1.6% less than 8 tons.

I don't recognise any of those values from what I recall of the numbers
painted on the sides of buses. They've been metric for some years now, of
course.

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Colin Rosenstiel